Nearly 200 young males and females have been arrested by a team of excise officers of the special raid unit of the Central Province yesterday (16) when they carried out a raid on a facebook party where illegal drugs were being used at a leading hotel

Eleven Indian fishermen who were engaged in illegal fishing activities in Sri Lankan territorial waters were arrested by the Navy in the seas off Analathivu Island on Saturday. The Navy said three trawlers belonging to the fishermen were also seiz

One member of a gang of six suspects who impersonated themselves as officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), was arrested in connection with a robbery of over Rs.5 million worth of cash and jewellery from a house in Alawathugo

Ven. Dr. Medagama Dhammananda Thera yesterday asked President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to ensure that only the credible and honest candidates with a proper vision would be given nominations to contest the upcoming General Elections.

All the lawyers attached to the Embilipitiya High Courts, District Courts and the Magistrate Courts held a silent protest parading the streets of Embilitiya town yesterday deploring the orders issued by the Attorney General for the arrest of Former H

Ambassador of Israel Dr. Ron Malka called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees last afternoon and discussed the possibility of collaborating in a number of sectors including defence, education and healthcare. The Prime Minister’s

Information has been received regarding few persons, who are pressurising officials to grant various facilities including loans quoting name of Secretary to the President, Dr. P. B. Jayasundara as well as names of few other senior officials in the Go

The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) demanded the Education Ministry Secretary to take actions to dismiss Tamil teacher who was promoted to the post of Deputy Director to oversee Tamil Medium schools with immediate effect. Its General Secretary Joseph Sta

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader, MP Udaya Gammanpila said he had decided to use paper material made out of free-growing plants to print the cards for the upcoming general election. Addressing a news briefing, he said if other candidates had also

The United National Party (UNP) extends an invitation to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to join the new alliance led by Sajith Premadasa and contest the upcoming parliamentary elections, UN

All medical faculties have agreed to increase the intake of students and two new medical faculties affiliated to the Moratuwa and Wayamba universities of Sri Lanka were to be established for this year University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Sampa

Sri Lanka has an important role to play in maintaining peace and stability in the region, visiting Pakistan Air Force Chief Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan said and pledged to support intelligence sharing with Sri Lanka. “Pakistan and Sri Lanka sha

The 33 Sri Lankan students airlifted from Wuhan in China on February 1 and quarantined at the Diyatalawa army hospital will be discharged on February 16, Chief epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said yesterday. He told Daily Mirror

At the upcoming general elections, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa-led alliance will suffer a defeat larger than at the presidential election, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader, MP Udaya Gammanpila said yesterda

Former Chief Justice Mohan Pieris said yesterday it was imperative that a committee comprising high officials be appointed to decide on a strategy to ensure the closure of the co-sponsored Geneva Resolution 30/1. He said this when delivering the key

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has facilitated the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) to purchase over 3,268,600 kilos of paddy worth Rs. 163.4 million during the last two weeks, the Defence Ministry said yesterday. SLA, under the directives of President Gotabaya

Amidst the public outcry against politicians who spend an enormous amount of public money to purchase super luxury vehicles when in power, the leading elections monitoring NGO, PAFFREL in a letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested to set

Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air ForceAir Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday. He was accompanied by his wife Mrs. Tazeena Mujahid. The Air Chief Marshal and his wife along with their entourage were received at the

A large scale Kasippu brewing den, which had been carried out for 18 years, camouflaged in the dense wetlands of the Diyawanna Lake within a mile’s radius of the Sri Lanka Parliament was busted by the Excise Department officials yesterday.

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya The National Police Commission has approved to appoint DIG Lionel Gunathilake as the new Commandant of the Special Task Force of Police (STF). The Commission which met yesterday evening had approved the name of DIG

The programme to provide jobs for all unemployed graduates and diploma holders have commenced and the application should be submitted before February 14, the President’s Media Division said. It said the objective of this programme is to create a

Compensation is still to be paid to some whose houses were damaged by the Salawa Army camp armoury explosion in 2016, Parliament was informed yesterday. Minister of Agriculture, Mahaweli Irrigation, Rural Development, Internal Trade and State Mini

Power and Energy Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday he sought a report from the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to ascertain whether the recent unauthorised power cuts were acts of sabotage. The country expe

A large stock of whiskey suspected to have been smuggled into the country under the nose of the authorities was seized by the Excise officials from three suburban areas of Colombo on the Independence Day (04). This raid was carried out by the Exci

A detainee in the Angunakolapelessa Prison was found dead in the psychiatric patients’ ward in the Prison hospital. The prison officials who noticed the prisoner lying motionless had taken him to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The deceased

A total of 988kgs of Kerala cannabis has been seized during naval operations carried out in this year, the Navy said. They said out of the total stock seized, over 700kg of Cannabis has been from operations conducted in northern waters. The Navy r

Eelam People’s Democratic Party Leader Douglas Devananda and Ceylon Workers’ Congress Leader Arumugam Thondaman will accompany Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on an official visit to India later this week, government sources told Daily Mirror ye

A 19-year-old youth was arrested with 70,600 US dollars, which is equivalent to LKR 12,827,977, at an Army checkpoint at Tharapuram, in Mannar.

Saman Ratnapriya was sworn in as a Member of Parliament yesterday in the presence of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya. He was named as an MP by the UNP General Secretary for the vacant position following the re

Senior economic advisor to Prime Minister, Ajith Nivard Cabraal said he would make a request to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to initiate an independent Police inquiry on the Central Bank bond scam in early 2015 and dealings in the bond market between